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JAN 2020 Purple January 2020 Week 1. 1st - 5th Wed - Fri: Office/Annual leave Week 2. 6th - 12th Mon - Fri: Staff Conference Sun: St James’, Stretham Week 3. 13th - 19th Mon: EC Chaplaincy; Tues: SVC lunch club; Weds: MC lunch club; St. P&E Drop- in Thurs: Office Fri : FUSE cafe Week 4. 20th - 26th Mon: EC Chaplaincy; Tues: SVC lunch club; Weds: MC lunch club; St. P&E Drop-in Thurs: Office; BVC - Bottisham Village College Fri: Office; Sat: Burns Night (see poster) SVC - Soham Village College MC- Mildenhall College Academy Week 4. 27th - 31st EC- Ely College Academy “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. Mon: EC Chaplaincy; NA - Newmarket Academy Tues: SVC lunch club; See, I am doing a new thing! Wed: MC lunch club; St. P&E Drop-in; Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? Thurs: Office I am making a way in the wilderness and Fri: Office streams in the wasteland. Not a Youth for Christ event but one we wholehearted support. Check out our new . # PULSE schools week 24th to 27th Feb with a Youth Website! Gig evening on 27th with Created by Amanda, follow up groups in March. you can view the # For the new part time staff members, Alison Earl Prayer Diary, see Events, Support Us and Kim Young who start in Jan, that they will feel and much more! at home in our team and that we’ll ‘gel’ quickly. # For Fuse Cafe in Red Lodge, that the youngsters Click on the word Menu to see different Will become friends and engage with the new page options. opportunity to explore ‘faith’ as part of the evening. # George will be blessed in his role at The Ark Church! This month our school is Bottisham Village CollegeWeek B Each month we wouldon like toa highlight school the prayer for one school in our area. If you would like to partner with us in this, please keep these specific issues in your prayers. - Pray for a relaxed Christmas Break for students and staff. - Please pray for year 11 students as they prepare for mock exams in January, - Pray for the Assemblies, that the team will be doing, over the Spring Term. -Please pray for the lessons we will book in the Spring . After just over 6 years, it’s hard to believe this will be my last Prayer We are excited to Diary update! I have loved my time here working with Youth For Christ. tell you about how It’s been fulfilling, stretching, encouraging and a lot of fun. I’ve had the with other Church privilege of working with some amazing people with a passion for both Jesus and young people. I was 18 when I began working for Youth For partners from Feb Christ, I had just finished my 2 years of catering studies at West Suffolk 24th to 27th, we college, and although I enjoyed catering, I knew that God was calling will hold our first me into ministry but I didn’t know what it looked like. A job came up schools week at here at Newmarket YFC and I’m incredibly grateful to Jerry & the exec Newmarket Academy. for giving me the opportunity to begin as a trainee schools & youth worker. I’d like to take this opportunity to A Gig on the evening say a huge thank you to all our faithful supporters, it’s so encouraging to know there are people praying over of the 27th and holding Follow up groups during March. your work and are so for you and what you’re doing. I feel this amazing organisation has had a massive part to This will be a 5 to 7 year plan seeing all our schools. play in who I am today, I have grown as a person in so many ways, the biggest of all is having confidence when Goals: A) See as many youngsters in school as possible. public speaking (which I’m still working on). When I first started, the thought of taking part of a school assembly B) Hold a Gig open to all youngsters across our area was terrifying, but now I’m taking assemblies on my own (still terrifying) and helping Hannah & Amanda with with a clear gospel message. C) Hold Follow up groups assemblies too. I’m amazed sometimes at the opportunities we have as a centre to talk about how God has moved in our lives and to share that with the young people is a huge privilege which I know at times I take for in the following month. We have booked the Youth for granted. I remember in my first couple of years, doing year 11 assemblies which was probably one of the most Christ band The Sense who’s leaders Joy & Andy have intimidating things for me, as they were only a couple of years younger than me. One morning I was doing an worked with The Sense assembly in Soham for year 11 on ‘Our influences and how do we influence the people around us’, and a student bands in schools approached me afterwards to say ‘Thank you for the assembly, that was really good’. Knowing that it took over the past in school courage for him to come and say that to me, when it probably wasn’t seen as very cool to his peers, I knew 20 years. something was said in that assembly that stirred his heart. For me, it was significant and truly believe God was At present we moving in that young person’s life, I was so encouraged! have 9 Churches on board with the I will also never forget our residential weekends away at ‘Letton Loose’, and then in project. Over the later years, ‘Alive’ at Burwell House. Journeying with the young people over the course of a weekend is a real privilege and to be a part of it is awesome. Beating Lizzie in coming weeks all the George Vs Lizzie challenges will always be a great memory. Climbing the 3 peaks you may soon hear more about this project at your together as last year’s fundraiser, is also up there with one of the funniest, strangest Church with much more info of how you could join us on and most difficult experiences of my life, but was a joy to it with good friends. the Journey?! Together will need to raise £4,500 each year to make this happen, as well as have people, Moving forward, I feel like Jess and I are entering a new season. Of course, with Praying, Hosting, Helping at the Gig and Follow Up myself going full time with The Ark Church, but we will also be moving to a new Groups. If you would like to find out a bit more about the house ourselves soon hopefully! My last day will be a sad end of an era, mixed band follow this link ( https://yfc.co.uk/thesense/ ) we with an exciting future to look forward to! It’s exciting for the centre to think of will also have a page on our Website going live in Jan. who will step in and bring new things to the table! For Newmarket Youth For Christ, my prayer would be, ‘Lord would you grow the ministry of Newmarket Feb 24th Youth For Christ. Would you do more then you’ve ever done before. Lord, open up more doors, more connections and more opportunities to talk about you with to 27th young people across our area.’ 2020 DECember Week 1. 2ⁿd- 8th Mon: SVC Assembly; SVC lesson; NA lesson; EC Chaplaincy Tues: SVC Assembly; SVC 3 lessons; SVC lunch club Wed: SVC Assembly; SVC 2 lessons; MA lunch club; NA lesson; St. P&E Drop-in Thurs: SVC Assembly; Fri: SVC Assembly; Week 2. 9th - 15th Mon: EC Chaplaincy; NA lesson Tues: EC Assembly; SVC lunch club; SVC lesson; EXEC at office Weds: EC Assembly; SVC 3 lessons; NA lesson; Drop-in St. P&E; Haddenham Xchange; Thurs: EC Assembly; NA lesson; Fri: EC Assembly; NA lesson; FUSE cafe Week 3. 16th - 22ⁿd Mon: EC Chaplaincy; BVC - Bottisham Village College Tues: Staff retreat day SVC - Soham Village College Weds: Staff Christmas meal Thurs: Office MC- Mildenhall College Academy Fri : Office EC- Ely College Academy NA - Newmarket Academy Week 4. 23rd - 31st Office/Staff annual leave Hi all, Hello everyone! I can hardly believe it is I've been really enjoying my time so far with youth almost Christmas. This first term of the year for Christ, I've been helping at a youth group called has flown by - we have really enjoyed Buzz at Soham Baptist church on a Friday night, doing our assemblies and lesson but a been loving hanging out with those kids. I have also highlight for me has been the lunch group at Soham Village College,. We are really very recently been at my second hub training, and getting to know the young people well and loved seeing all the other ‘year outs’ again! our group games have been so successful I ask that you pray for all of us as we each work in so far. Please continue to pray for this group, our placements as well as the leaders. I've settled particularly with George leaving at the end of term. into Newmarket youth for Christ and got the gist of things, just about, I am very excited for Staff Conference in January - last year thanks for all your prayers and support. was amazing we had great Bible teaching, worship, seminars and fellowship.
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